Romeo Castellucci
Romeo Castellucci (* 1960 in Cesena ) is an Italian film director.
Life
Romeo Castellucci initially studied agriculture, but then moved to the Accademia di belle arti di Bologna ( Bologna University of Fine Arts ), where he completed the study in the subjects of stage design and painting. His theatrical work is strongly influenced by the visual arts. Together with Claudia Castellucci and Chiara Guidi 1981, he founded the theater company Societas Raffaello Sanzio, whose artistic director since he holds. Named has Compagnie after Raffaello Sanzio, an eminent painter and architect of the High Renaissance. The Company is known for its radical, visually stunning contemporary theater ( " Teatro Nuovo "). Castellucci himself sees its roots in antiquity and refers to the Poetics of Aristotle. Castellucci has developed an image-and sound daunting stage aesthetic that does largely without dialogue and acts suggestively. In Germany, the Societas Raffaello Sanzio has appeared repeatedly at the Hebbel -Theater Berlin and the euro -scene Leipzig. 2005 led Castellucci the Theatre Biennale in Venice. He has published numerous theater theoretical writings and implemented several video and film projects.
Sul concetto di volto nel figlio di Duo ( On the Concept of the Face in the Son of God ) made in 2012 in Berlin's Hebbel am Ufer theater for a scandal. The performance showed how an old man, is supplied by his son. The old man is incontinent, spotted himself and his apartment, the once small ensures the Dad who is a child again, this before an oversized image of Christ by Antonello da Messina. The audience in Berlin, occurred for the smell of feces and " the act, although some shocked," the piece acclaimed but. The production had previously been conducted in various Italian cities in fierce discussions and protests by conservative Catholic groups, militant part. Performances in Paris could take place only under police protection. The German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki spoke of blasphemy - despite not having seen the play. The press defended the performance: "In the past, the theater needed the scandal. Here church people intending to persuade him. In order to protect something that has slipped away from them -. , The soul and the feeling of contemporaries "
Castellucci was appointed Artistic Director ( associated artist ) of the Avignon Festival in 2008.
Presentations (selection)
Theater performances
- 2012: Sul concetto di volto nel figlio di Dio, Rome, Avignon, Paris, Berlin, Hebbel Theater, Vienna Burgtheater in the framework of the Vienna Festival
Movies
- 2002-2004 - ten-part film cycle Tragedia Endogonidia